State Dept. settles with conservative media outlets that sued for censorship during Biden admin: ‘Never again’
Much of the content at issue had been flagged by the State Department's Global Engagement Center, which Secretary of State Marco Rubio shut down in April 2025 over censorship concerns and a move by Congress to yank its funding.
WASHINGTON — The State Department reached a landmark legal settlement with conservative media outlets to not “censor” their constitutionally protected speech — as was documented during the Biden admi… [+5792 chars]